Mugar Popescu

Str. Verigei nr. 3, bl. 1, sc. 5, ap. 195
Bucharest, sector 5

Tel: 629.8154 / 629.0154 / 092.974276

mugur.popescu@ddb.ro

 

 

Education

1988 - 1994 * "ACADEMY of ARTS" Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design - DESIGN class
1994 * National honor scholarship
03/21/1992 - 04/05/1992 trainee at BRIGHTON POLYTECHNIC U.K.
10/03/1992 - 05/05/1993 trainee at LINCOLNSHIRE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN - LINCOLN DeMONTFORT UNIVERSITY - LEICESTER, U.K.

* Special course - guest professor: VICTOR PAPANEK Dartington Hall, Schumacher College, U.K. 1981 - 1985 * Highschool.

Awards

* "HENRY COAND~" Foundation Award for organizing the "DESIGN for TRANSFORMATION" series of seminars, October 1993 and March 1994

* "FRATII BUCOVINENI SARGHIE" Foundation Award conferred for graduated first, 1994

* Honor Diploma - "STICLA IDEALA PENTRU CEA MAI BUNA APA MINERALA" contest, 1994

* II Award - Utility Design, conferred by "Romanian Foundation for Design" for medium capacity bus (design, model, prototype) line manufactured at "COMPANIA GRIVITA S.A." - 1998

Professional

1987 - 1990 * employee "ROCAR S.A." - New Project Promotion and Development 1994 * design counseling "ROCAR S.A." for utility vehicles ROCAR G5, ROCAR 30

1994 - 1996 * Collaborations: KOHLHAUSER (Austria), D.Y.DAVIES (UK), ALLIED ARTISTS (UK),

STICKER & SIGN (Fran]a), DONE DESIGN, GHILDUSH DESIGN SYSTEM, ARHI DESIGN SYSTEM a.o.

1995 - 1996 * Lighting Systems Designer, "S.C.TEHNOROB" - Philips Lighting dealer

1996 * Collaboration "GRIVI}A S.A." for "GRIVBUS" prototype

1996 * "BATES SAATCHI & SAATCHI" - illustration, packaging design, "TETRA PACK"

1997 * Illustrator "BATES SAATCHI & SAATCHI" 1998 * Art Director "BATES SAATCHI & SAATCHI"

2000 * Senior Art Director "DDB"

Special Skills

Graphic design - special airbrush illustration, combined techniques, a.o. Industrial design - public transportation, lighting, furniture, interior decoration, a.o.

Exhibitions

1989 * "YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL" - STUDIO Theater, poster campaign
1990 * "NATIONAL DESIGN" - DALLES Hall, graphic design
1990 o "STAMP DESIGN EXHIBITION" - JAPAN
1991 * "LIFE BETWEEN THINGS AND NATURE" - C~MINUL ARTEI Gallery, poster campaign
1991 * "CARREFOUR INTERNATIONAL DES METIERS D'ART" Travel Exhibition, FRANCE and BELGIUM, graphic work 1991 * "STOP AIDS!" - "ION MINCU" Architecture Institute, poster campaign

Skills

* Graphic soft applications for MACINTOSH and IBM

(Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Streamline, Freehand, QuarkXPress, CorelDraw).

Languages

* English (well), German (beginner).

CLIENTS I worked for:

PROCTER & GAMBLE /
ARIEL, HEAD & SHOULDERS,

HOFFMANN LA ROCHE
SARIDON, RENNIE,

INTERBREW / BERGENBIER,

TOYOTA,

L.G.,

NEOSET,

FOX KIDS,

HEIDI CHOCOLATS SUISSE

 

TETRA PACK,

TOSHIBA/SUNLIGHT,

B.A.S.F.,

MERIAL,

ADESGO,

STIMOROL/DIROL,

CITY HALL OF BUCHAREST,

ING BARINGS

 

B.A.T.,

MOBILROM/DIALOG, ALO.

VOLKSWAGEN,

McDonald's

NEOSET,

INTERAMERICAN,

ALPHA BANK